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From | "Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> |
To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | st: RE: RE: left right string |
Date | Tue, 18 May 2010 23:08:38 +0200 |
<> You can generate the new variables and -destring- (which I assume you also want) in one fell swoop: *********** clear* inp str5 hhh_age 15-19 20-24 25-39 end split hhh_age, gen(age) parse(-) destring rename age1 age_min rename age2 age_max list, noo *********** HTH Martin -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss Sent: Dienstag, 18. Mai 2010 23:05 To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: st: RE: left right string <> Have you had a look at -split-? HTH Martin -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Tyler Frazier Sent: Dienstag, 18. Mai 2010 23:03 To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: st: left right string simple question, I hope -- I have a variable which is a range of ages, for example the variable name is hhh_age and the quantities are 15-19, 20-24, 25-39 etc... and I want to generate a new variable (age_min) that returns the left two characters from hhh_age , and another variable that generates the right two -- (age_max) I searched but couldnt find it, seems like a very simple thing, but cant figure it out. any help is greatly appreciated Ty * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/